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With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The London and County Bank, Lombard street, and Hi, Oxford -street. UDITOR. A Robert Joseph Claike, Esq. (Messrs. R. Josh. Clarke and Ford, Publ ic A cco untants, 9, Old Je Nry-chambers). BROKER. C. A. Murton, Eq., 27, Cornhill. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Dlr. W. T. Harrison. TEMPORARY OFFICES. P, George-yard, Lombard-street, City. US. This Company is establ PßOSPECT ished for the purpose of purchasing the property and continuing the business of the well known Oxford and Canterbury Mush) Halls, 80 suzcessfully con ducted by the present proprietor, Mr. Charles Morton, for several years pa•t. The Directors, in bringing the present Company before the Public, are not in v iti ng subscriptions to an unknown or un tried venture, but to an established and highly remunerative undertaking, and one which, with the additional means at the command of a Joint-stock Company, may be made still more so. An agreement has been entered into for the purchase of the who the Mr. Morton's i nterest i n these properties, together with goodwill of the b us i ness and the stock in trade, on terms highly advantageous to the Company, and in order to Show his confidence in its future succe-s, he has subscribed for one-fourth of the entire capital, and will continue for some years the manager. It is the intention of the Company to increase the hotel accommodation, which has hitherto been found inadequate, and thus materially add to the present large returns. i here is also an excellent private wine trade attached to both establishments, which is capable of considerable extension. It is impossible to show, with certainty, by any statistics, the returns which may be expected from the present under taking, but the certified accounts for the last three years show an annual profit of upwards of 20 per cent. upon the whole amount of capital, wh chit is contemplated eventually to call up, The present average attendance at the Oxford and Canter bury Music Halls is about 60,000 a menth, and the proposed extension of business will doubtless render the profits of the undertaking still more remunerative than ever. of the cita has been already a for, and a pplicatio One•half ns for the remainder ~ houlci be made p t p o lied the bankers of the Company, accompanied by a deposit of £1 per share ; if no allotment be made he deposit will be returned. Pros ectuses and forms of applicati n for shares may be obtained at the Oxford and the Canterbury, at the Brokers, and at the Temporary Offic s of the Company. The Share List will close on Tuesday, 26th July, 1864. • THE HUDIKSVALL and FORSSA SITAM SAWING MILL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies A, t, 1862, limiting the liability of shareholders to the amount of their shares. Cat ital, £ 1 60,000, in 3,200 shares, of £5O each, with power to increaso to £2O ~ 001, of which about £75,00), or 050oioares, in ful y paid-up shares will be taken by the ILAiikavall Steam Saw -mill Company (Limited). Deposit, £5 per share on applcation, £lO en allotment. The other calls to be made at intervals of not less than three months. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all money paid in anticipation of calls. DIRECTORS. 1, East India-avenu e J. C. Tin Thurn, Esq., firm of Messrs. J. C . I m T hurn and Co., Chas. Andreae, Esq., firm f Messrs. Nestle, Andreae, and Co.. 19, St. Dunstan's-h 11. Chas. Victor Benecke, Esq., firm of Messrs. Schunk, Souchay, and Co., No, 6.3, Moorgate-street. J. H. Passow, Esq , 63, Mooru'ate-street. J. C. W. Ritter, Esq., firm of Messrs. W. Ritter and Co., 157, Fenn urch :street. With power to add to their number. BANKERS IN LONDON. The London and Westm nster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Chas. Druce and Sons, 10, Billiter-square. BROKERS. IVe sers. Woolley, C oa t es, an Hankey,2o, Tokenhonee-yard. SECRETARY. J. C. W. Bitter, Esq., SECRETARY. q., until a Secretary shall have been appointed. TEDIPORA.E.II OFFICES. Mitre-chambers, 157, Fenohnrch-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. A private Company was established in 1857, under the tame of the Hudiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Company (Limi ed), for the purchase of forests in Sweden, and the taking of grants or leases or other title to such forests, with the right of selling the same ; the completion of water com- In tunicatiens for floating timber from the forests to Forssa, and thence to Huditsvall : erecting steam and water sawing mills for converting the timber Into deals, and the sale of such deals at Hudiksva 1, or the consignment of them to r sa l e to Lo ndon or other places. The present Company is formed for the purpose of extend ingthe cperat'ons o an the above-mentioned Hudiksvall Steam " w ing Mill Co mpany, the shareholders in the Hudiksvall tea,,rl Sawing Mili company being willing* to tak,! payment nr the whole of the capital invested by then in paid-up Mares of the new Company. Applications for shares to be address d to the brokers, or 19 the n Secretary, acco mpan i ed by a receipt of the London and )'Vestmister for which Bank, for a d e p os i t of £5 fo:* each share applied allo, tted. will be returned, f ree o f c h arge, for all shares not Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be mad of the brokers or secretary. THE FLINTSHIRE OIL AND CANT:cEL Incor COM PANY (Limited). porated, with limited liaoility, under " Act, 1862." The Companies Capital £500,000, in 10 First' ~ / e0 shares of £5 O each. i ssue, 6,000 shares. D e.1 3 02i t on applic a ' , lon, £t per share. Further payment on allotment, £4 per s h are. No call will exceed £5, and three months at least will intervene between each call. DIRECTORS. James Burrows, Esq., Engineer, Douglas Bank, Wi,gan. William Carter, Esq, Director of the Millwall iron Company, ~,,, The Shrubbery, Shooter's-hill, Kent. isekiamin Derbyshire, Esq. (Messrs. Derbyshire, 31.`11innell, _and co.), Liverpool. 4 . W. Fernie, Esq., Giessen Manganese Works, Hesse Darm stadt, and Managing Partner of the Mineral Oil Company, Saltney, near Chester, and Leeswood, Flintshire. George Haworth, Esq., Managing Director of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company, Chester, William Hind, Esq. (Messrs. Hind and Co.), Liverpool, George Chairman of the Commissioners of Birkenhead. Rae, Esq., Banker, Liverpool, Chairman of the Tryddyn Oil and Coke Company. 'Joseph Robinson, Esq., 7, Laurence Pountney-hill, London, EC., :. nd Berkhampstead. Robert Rumney, Esq., F.C.S., Manufacturing Chemist, Man and G oo l e. , , , chester. Peter Spence, Esq. FCS., Alum Manufacturer, Manchester BANKERS. Il le North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool, and Its several Branche& London —The London nd Westminster Bank. Manchester —The Alliance Think. SOLICITORS. London —Messrs. Sob, Turners. and Harlwick. Liver Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Ifauchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, bhipman, and Seddon. BROKERS. tendon—J. C. Fielding, Esq ,4, Ccpthall-court, E.C. tendon —Ge , )rge E. Schultz, Esq., Manchester -buildings, Tithebern-street. Manchester —Messrs. Walker and Heap, 1, Ducie-street, Ex change %la sgow—Messrs. Miller and Ferguson 71, Queen- s t reet. AUDITORS. eaars. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co., 27, Great George etreet, Westminster, S.W., and 64, Cross-street, Man .,. Chester. ' 3 ,,.. L. Price, Esq., 5, Gresham-street, London, E.C. -vemporay Offices-4 and 5, Brown's -buildings, Liverpool, PROSPECTUS. The "Curly" Cannel of a small district in Flintshire yields %larger per-oentage of crude mineral oil, containing para ffin than any cannel yet discovered. Th is oil, a though only slightly inferior in quality to the teiebrated petroleum of Pennsylvania, can be produced with profit at less than one-third the cost' of the latter delivered .11,01118 country, whilst the refined oil distilled from the fined"rlY" Cacommands nearly the same price as the re- Americanacl From this mineral oil are produced spirits of turpentine nabstitute, burning oil, lubrica.ting oil of three varieties, solid paraffin, and grease of several Unds. All these articles, When of good quality, find a ready market. t he he three processes, namely, raising the cannel, distilling , oil, and refining it, have hitherto been made three ells ilnet and separate businesses, involving three different ma- Ill igements, with their attendant expenses. This Company is formed to distil and refine oil from can nel procured from its own mine ; it will thus unite three b usinesses, from e ac h o f which large profits are now made. -11 Y this combination, and by having the command of ample eapital and perfect processes, the Company will be enabled to 1 lenduct a large trade to the greatest advantage, and thus 1 eleure profits considerably in excess even of those now being realised, either from the manufacture . or refining ot oil in Ns country, or from its importation from any known SOluTi.l . In furtherance of these objects the purchase has bee .. : i eluded of the well-known works of the Miner t o: oil corn- Pa flY at Saltney (near Chester), and Leeswori t ' , , - in Flint shire, !Ad also of the Freehold Cannel and ‘ ,.; " 0al Alines, Works, con endother property of the. Trydde- Oil and Coke Company, p an gurus to the Leeswood W .- oraof the Mineral Oil Corn- Te Company wit' %lied lucrative— thus at once enter into a well-estab- Nett Works „ and rapidly increasing business, with com- Will at in full operation and with organised agencies, and val , - .ne same time acquire a freehold mine of well kno ci,2 4 e, On terms which will enable the Company to Supply sZ,,,telves with cannel of superior quality, at about one 'OW '4 of the present price. The purchase from the Mineral titl e also includes an existing contract which will lier7_,e,,t is Company to a supply of 100 tonsoo Berreednaz-oolf. 1T cannel from the well-known Leesw 1 )„, 41r . 22 tears from 1860, at a price considerably below its ,r,_ _nlAret value. pura7.P r iee• to be paid for the whole of the properties so The p ro will not exceed £160,000, payable by Tryddy n instalments._ .. e 43ftetors of the Mineral Oil Company and of the sot the h e eftpitlatud Coke C ompany subscribe a large proportion P atent h the m ann ufm, ir rights cl aimed by Messrs. Y oung and Co. fo r er next t Ol paraffin oil fromwill expire in Octo will be confinede Meantime the operations of the Company tringement ot th t , 0 Bubstances which will not involve any in earights alluded to. In the event of Purpose of payt n nY further ignie of shares (except for the first be offered ata _golor additio nal property), suc h s h ares w ill being. Pr rto the shareholders for the time, Messrs. Fernie, the Mineral Oil Company. , and Carter, as represenling the Mr. George Haworth,. and Mr. George Rae, Chairman, and Company, have, at there ranaging Director of the Tryddyn Join the Board of this enc l i i : e ' il l of the promoters, consented to expuisle: are guaranteed not to exceed 1 The preliminary per cent, of the capital. „Inc articles of association "'elicitors of the Company, may be seen at the offices of the . 4 Pplications for shares trust be XI Per shareu.. Con case the amount panted with the tileflYment of the deposit of theaid exceed £5 per share on the tri,euld it fall short, the b e surplus will be returned ; h n ' t a "Loer of shares allotted, ieT t a e nee must 'be paid within the be st ded in the ... of allotment, otherwise the allottneil? will be cancelled Bud the deposit forfeite d. may be obtai ned from the broker ot application for shares cozers and solicitors, and at the ten4orar Y othees of the In P e an Y deposit will be retur ned in where no allotment is made the ..ued in full. riE PLINTSHIRE OIL and CANNEL No COMPANY, Limited. PURTHER APPLY AT for SIIARES in this 201);1340Y Will be received after WEDNESDAY next, the lirc,"t• LiTerpool, July 15, 1864. iN,w o hat ..„IFlaPpr Land " can set; you after the is whl era 4? Gentfem o a n n ly mkanyowSuopf WAWY P C Y O Lj ' "D OAR DEN, my de r fellow! THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limi ed). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £120,000, in 8,000 shares of £l5 each. Deposit on application £1 per share and £2 on allotment. No call will be made until at least two months after the da of al'otment, w ith an i nternal of three months betweente each call, which will not exceed lat any one time. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. Evan B. Jones, Es q., 15, I ltaLver-stree Chairman. t, Hano ver - squa , e, George F. Anderson, Esq., 31 , Nottingham place, York-gate, ge'sark. George Bermingham, Esq., Kentish Town. Rueben Whitmore, Esq., 63, CornhilL F. W. King, Esq., Eli rnarton-vi las, Camdcn-road, Hollo way. Charles Morton, Esq., Grove Home, Putney, Managing Director. ~~NI. ( 1110 ?ERSONS SEEKINI.-', LANDED Lc. RTES, TOWN AND COUN TR - Y RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INV] , ;STMENTS, AND PROPER PIES GENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction. and Estate Offices, No. 6?, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. and H. Lutaley's "FREE PROPERTY EEGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now:in, the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of .this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid inn the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., A GUARDIAN ANGEL. By the Author of "A Trip to Catch a Sunbeam," &c. " Clever as are most of the authoress's productions, we are inclined to think she never did greater justice to her talent than when she wrote A Guardian Angel.' This agreeable story will be one of the most popular she has ever published." — Messenger. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. K INA HAN'S LL wHISKY o. COGNAC, B RANDY. FRENCH BRANDY, This celebrated Old BRANDY. FRENCH WHISKY rivals the finest It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT -WI NDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky.". Now ready all at the Libraries, in 3 vols., M A T T I E. A STRAY. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen: A Waif," &c. "There is great ability in this book."—Spectator. "A very attractive, interesting, and naturally told t a l e. It well sust a i ns the author's high reputation."—Sun. Hurst and Macke t, 13, Great Marlborough-street THE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION, Limited. Capital subscribed, £5,000 ,(00, in 100,000 shares of .£lO each. Paid up, X.60;),000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, JOHN CHAPAIA.N, Esq., Chairman. Xenophon Bath, Esq. charies Keison, Esq, E. J. Coleman, Esq. G. G. Maophersan, Esq, Mr. Alderman Dakin, Sir J H. Pell y, Bart. James Dickson, Esq, W. Soholelield, Esq„ M.P. P. D. Hadow, Esq. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. Harford, Esq. Sir S. 0. Scott, Part. W. H. H. D. Seymour, Esq., M, P . Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. J. G. Homers, Esq. F. G. Westmorland, E el. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston.. Alfred Wilson, Esq. Zarifi, Esq. BAITRERS. The Bank of England. The Agra and Wasterman's Bank, Limited. The Bank of London. The Union Bank of London. Sir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., and Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and THERE I 9 NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or put , cnaser is introduced throueth Messrs. Lun.iley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., BLACK MOSS: a Tale by a Tarn By the Author of " Miriam May." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. URNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcome occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing- an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm ^able engravings of every description of Furniture and teasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised Dale New Edition, Illustrated with 14 fine Engravings, 18m .o cloth, 25., gilt side and edges, 2s. 6d., BUTLER'S (SAMUEL) HUDIBRAS, a Poem, with Notes and Life of the Author. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. This day h published, in a handsome volume, gilt ed g es, price 215,, EARLY PENCILLINGS FROM PUNCH (chiefly Political), by JOHN LEECH. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto .. 138 1 0 A Ten-roomed ditto ........ .... 259 16 6 A Twelve-roomed ditto 394 11 0 Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, wad a mass of valuable informationto all requiring househ:dd furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brita:L. COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. If.A.NAGRs. Henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. This Association receives money on deposit at notice, and for fixed periods, on terms to be agreed upon ; makes advances on stocks, shares, and debentur es ; negotiates loans, and under takes general financial busines s. co a mm ppr u ov a e ic d at s i e o cr n a s securities, and effects purchases and sales of addressed to the Managers. By order. W. C. WINT ERBOTTOM, Secretary. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Crosby House, 96, Bishopgate-street Within. NEW WORE BY AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," ,tc. nN •L Y A CLO D. kf This New Novel will commence in the August Number of the MAGAZINE, which will also contain JAMES the opening chapters of an Original Tale by PAUL PEVAL, Author of "The Duke's Blotto," tc. *** Order the ST. JAMES'S MAGAznyz for Auznet. which will begin a New Series. Price One Shilling Monthly. London: Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. E, AND GENERAL Freehold or Leasehold Property, o r SOHO B N E E S s T s A A T G E EN , C il y o o U F S pie having Business and Rouses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES RS. --Persons requiring MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W.. T HE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be opened for the reception of its Members on MONDAY, the 12th day of August. 1 Early in July, PRIZE POEMS receiving the 100 Guineas offered in the advertisements " HO I FOE A SITAR SPEARE," and awar d ed by Messrs. Web ter, J. Stirling Coyne, Andrew Halliday, George Rose, and Thomas S. Stuart. Illustrated with Lithograph Portraits of Queen Elizabeth and the Queen of Beauty. Can be had GRATIS at all the best drapers in the kingdom, or forwarded, on re ceipt ~f stamped address to DAY and Sons, Lithographers to the Queen, Publisheis, Lincoln's-inn -fields. London, S. O. RATTENBURY, Hon. Scretary. Registered Office of the Company, 6, John-street, e Bedford row, W.C. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &a Rents Collected. THE REGENT'S CANAL IRON WORKS • COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862, by which the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. it reversed, can be used for NEW PATENT CURTAIN behl a o n f d' all shops in town or country. ROOK that many p r n e r q p ni na r e e s s . no Se wing, Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, B.C. Forwarded free on receipt of 12 stamps, A FEW OBSERVATIONS on GOUT and RHEUMATISM, by one who has never failed to cure the same whenever it has fallen in his way. A s.mple bottle of the medicine forwa'ded free to all parts on receipt of 40 stamps. Address R, Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent garden, London. Capital £250,0003 in 12,501 shores of £2O each, First issue 8, , 00 shares, of which one-half are already sub scribed by the Direct rs and their iriends. Deposit £1 per share od application, an 1 £1 on allotment and the remainder in calls not exceeding £2 per share, at interval , of not less than two months. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. FURNISHED HOUSES.--Mr, ANDW. HIND has to LET a Detached HOUSE at Epsom, containing 4 sitting and 5 bed rooms, with usual offices, large garden and paddock. Rent 5 guineas p,r week. Also the fol owing : Red Hill (furnished), Z 220 per annum ; Croydon, 2i guineas Offices week; Kentish Town, 2. guineas, with use of piano, &J. , corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's MR. WOOIN'S E LOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, Ring William-street, Charing-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.— Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 28. ; amphitheatre, ls. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three. DIRECTORS. James Goodson, 32, Kensington Gardens-square, Chairman. E ward Hornor, The Howe, Halstead, Essex. James Fennings, Fennings' Wharf, 'I ooley-street. John Everitt, 18, Tokenhouse-yard, London. Collinson Hall, sen., Navestock, Essex. John Watson Lay, 3, Savage-g .rdens, Tower-hill. Howard Reed, Hendon, Middlesex. William Tabor, Bishopszate-street, London. Henry Grissell, Regent's Canal Iron Works, Managing Di rector, f N r Pm R l5 oWto 41,000 ; Green- HIND has for _____________ BUSINESSES. —Mr. grocers', £5O to £3 0 ; Coachbuilders', £5O to 4700 ; Confec tioners', Chemists', Milliners', Stationers', from £45 to £400; Grocers', from £5O to £2OOO Cheesernongers' £4O to £350 ; Drapers', £2OO to £5,000 ;'Bakers', £75 to £4OO • Coffeehouses £5O to £1,200; Dairies, &c., £5O to £6OO '•-• — an M dle r r ' s ,' A ; vyster-rooms' Restaurants, &c., £6O io £16.00); Laundries, £5O to £2OO ; Oil, Cigar, Fish, Ham, and Toy Shop 4, 450 to £300; and numerous other in every trade. Commercial and General Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. The July List, containing 500, grati, With power to add to their number. AUDITORS. Cornelius Walford, 14, Leadenhall-street. F. W. Spooner, Public Accountant. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Kingsford and Dorman, Essex-street, Strand, W.C. MR. slid Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, THE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial 86ance, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed ; and THE SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening (except Sat , rday), at 8; Thursday and Saturday mornings, at 3. —ROYAL GALLERY LUSTRATION, i 4, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 2s;; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chai rs , 5 5., can be secured in ad,,vance at the Gallery without fee. BANKERS. The East London Bank, Lombard-street. FINA.NCIAL The Financial Corp ora ti AGENTS. on (Lim itet), 14, Leadenhall-street. SECRETARY (PRO TEm. Fred. Bolland Moore, Regent's Canal ) lronworks. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 14, Leadenhall- street, E.C. T " • 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING will be performed the new and buncess ful Opera, by M. Guouod, FAUST ' with aup: , and chorus, supported by tfng talented prin cipal Tented band artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-HenrY, T^ refl. VV ahilev ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, •; p , ./.. u r MASCHERA. ..- i d N Director BALLO IN Aar. F. Jonglunang. Comedy by UN"'" W. Rand y" .. : , G. _. (th ' G Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nell)! Power , e uvenile comedienne), Am., &o. -., Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, lc ; private boxes, 105. 6d. , • - ri we - • .1,171) . " 7 1 - 4410 k -4110111111kikKTU4 ) -40 • 1 1 ' "1 91111ka& - -311174m,,1 4 . I A .7 . • . • D ;r itn+ .1.111.110.... A • • THE 8- the Royal Sovereign—Lieut. George B. Evans, to the Clio—Lieut. Hon. G. P. Meade, to the Curacoa —Tom B. Read, Master, to the Indus, for the Doris—R, F. E, Mori son, paymaster, additional, to the Victory, for the Urgent —Ralph A. Ramsay and Thomas B. Moody, masters-assis tant, to the Clio—Robert S, Evatt, master .assistant, to the Enterprise--11mderson Leslie, engineer, to the Asia, for the Pheasant —John Hall (B), assistant-engineer, to the Clio —and William Crow, confirmed as first-class assistant.. engineer in the Fisgard. The following apppintments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve:•—To be Lieutenants —Richard Bainton and James Banks Swanson, 2; - ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying on, as a joint-stock enterprise, the well known engineering works of Mr. Henry Grissell, situate in the Eagle Wharf-road, Regent's Cana , London. wh ch are now in full operation. The Works were established by Mr. Grissell in the year 1844, and since that time have been most successfully carried on under his imme iate supervision. Each applicant will be required to pay into the bankers - • the Company £1 per share on the number of shares - for, and upon allotment to make a furthEr pay,- share on the shares allotted to him. 1' made at intervals of not less than will exceed £2 per share. Prospectuses and for had of the Solicito- of application for shares may be poration (limi+ --5, and at the Offices of the Financial Cor ..ed), 14, Leadenhall-street, City, KC. applied aent of Z 2 per urther calls will be vvro months, and no call GOOD APPETITE AND INCREASED BODILY ENJOYMENT rnqy bo insured by a gentle course of PARR'S LIFE PILLS. May De had of any Chemist. MESSRS. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., beg respectfully to inform their patron • that in conse quence of the approaching termination of the season, and the arrangements they have made for the early receipt of their Autumn novelties, they have determined to offer the Summer portion of their valuable stock at a very great diminution in price. With this intention, they have carefully revised the goods in the various departments specially to effect such a reduAion, and offer them for sa e thit day (July Ist) throughout the month and during August Messrs. Howell, James, and Co., respectfully solicit an early inspection. 5,7, 9, Regent-street Pall Mall. p REASANT REARING for 1864. CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL, ARKER RICE, PELLET, D. S. MEAT GREAVES, pr- pared with CAYCAR EXCELSIOR, is the most efficacious food for rearing and feeding Game, preventing gapes, snarls, and death. BOOKS on Feedin tillnd the proper Management of Game, from hatching tto mrity, with over 200 testi .rionnls from the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re ceipt of two stamps, bylir. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine Merchant, onposite the Exchange, Norwich. CHAMBER I IN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for all the year round, 16s. per cwt., including Lag. The use of this fond keeps the chickens in perfect health ; and the in crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvell , us. Dog Greaves, Its. per cwt. Please state price when ordering. N.B.—Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish Meal and Cayoars One gentleman writes, " All my young pheasants last season were sickly, and several died ; those that were strong enough to eat your Spanish .'Aleal recovered in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds.• T HE PLANET JUPITER, when magnified 250 tines as tim large as es with the the moon is to th n .£5 TELEaked e SCOPE ye, :and th e seven ;other planetary bodies propo r ti onately. It will also distinguish the face of a sheep and features of a man four miles, shot marks upon a target two miles, and time by a church clock 10 miles. This instrument is guaranteed in writing to per form the whole of the above, and to be equal in the most im portant respects to telescopes costing 170. It has a 3 inch Superior achromatic object gliss, two eyepieces, Arc., with portable metal tripod stand with jointed claw feet. Persons are invited to apply for a diagram with other particulars, and eight sheets of testimonials from scientific and other gentle men, including Lord Bosse. Sent free by book post —S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly. Powerful small pocket telescopes, opera, race, field, and general out door glasses. BEDROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop Crease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes is. and 3s. etch, are recommended as the best carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as tbey gutter less. Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, Is. and 25. 6d. each ; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. S ERWOODOLE : " Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. caosuled bottles, l e tt ere d Perfumed, in ca " Price's Pat en t , " f rom 6d. ties, Gd, and is. eapch.suled bet-, upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold. 'n the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by Price a Patent Candle Company (Limited), London. PRIZE MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &a, duo., To the Queen and the Pzinee of Wales. (Established 1720.) testifi es The to Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candle®, in 18 62, manufacture. , he excellence of the quality of Messr s . TuOk- . A distinguished Dignitary, in Tucker and Co., on the subject o f letter fie -armed to FranOte WAX CANDLES " I have f ount -, says ..a : PLATTED WICKS ; themwhich you r•-• 111 fully equal to the teeeniMendation I com mend tteniSlhe clekayn4ratunuseee 'o7 l t; in my tlirn' e altar. Jest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 28, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality • • • . •. Os. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of W Best quality .. .. ~ .. • • .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality Carriage Thclu paid ality in " London : o fi. •o f i' : i v e P : o : un ilss d : s i3d in pp v ec a rr l value FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar ESK ELL'S INV ENTION in JIL. the constructio of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set Ot teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few h without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the , puro to the of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly Tree gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Ilse explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, dr,c., free for 7 stamps, Ins Pection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor etre „„_et, Bond-street, ; and at 38, Bennett's-hill, ..4414gliaxo, Naval and Military Intelligence The Immortalite, 35, screw frigate, Captain George Han cock, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday tinder the stiperintendenoe of Captain H. Caldwell, C. 8., commanding the steam reserve at that port. George Hassell, boatswain's mate ; received a gratuity of £lO and a silVer medal fo r l ong serv i ce , an d a pension of 422, Wil liam Smith, boat swa i n ' s mate, received a gratuity o f £l5 and a silver medal, and a pension of £36. The Immortalite was commissioned at Portsmouth on the 16th of November, 1860, and sailed from Spithead on the 7th February, 1861, for the Mediterranean. After serving at the island of Majorca as escort to the Empress of Austria, the Immortalite left Palma for Gibraltar and England on the 6th of May, 1861, and arrived at Plymouth on the 29th. On the 10th of August, 1861, she sailed from Plymouth for Halifax, Nova Scotia, to join the British squadron under Admiral Milne on the North American and West India station. There she remained until ordered to England to pay out of commission on the 15th of June, 1861, when she sailed from Bermuda, arriving at Spithead on the 2d July. Dining the time the Immortalite was attached to the North American and West India station she performed very im portant duties. Among those may be noticed her despatch to Annapolis by the British Admiral on the arrest by Com modore Wilkes of Messrs. and Mason, to communi cate with Lord Lyons, and her subsequent cruise and con voy of British shipping off the island of Bermuda. On the ship receiving orders at Portsmouth to pay out of commis sion, a few days after her arrival in England from the West Indies, it was stated that her crew called for and gave three cheers for the captain. We understand this is not literally correct, as such a public expression of feeling on the part of the crew of one of her Majesty's ships would be contrary to Admiralty regulations, and farther, that whatever expres sion of feeling was exhibited by the crew on their receiving the news that the ship was to be paid out of commission in lieu of being refitted to join the Chan ne l fl ee t, w hi c h had been her first orders, was manifested in the absence of Capt. Hancock. The Geyser, paddle, Commander Thrupp, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday, with men from the Immortalite. The encampment of the ere* of her Majesty's ship Ra coon, Count Gleichen, on the island of Inchcolm, Firth of Forth, i Forthto-day. The acoon arrived in the bef ore go i ng out on a u malignant f ig N n o a r n ee t acya:with PR i t o on be the broke 29thn u j p un t e e o coalrinee Alfred. On ar riving there e the i e twooa Coast of sm a llp ox were reported, and in two other cases the dis ease seemed to be threatened. The invalids were removed to th e Royal Infirmary of Edin burgh, where one of theth died Lifter fotir date' illnessi and where the second still remains ; the two suspected cases did not prove to be smallpox, and th ey have recovered. The proposal was immediately made to encamp the crew on shore and thoroughly cleanse the ship. The small island of Inch colm was selected as the cami ground, and tents were procured from Edinburgh Caatpiong . anchorage in the sound betwee n t The R a coon se l ec t e d an he isl an d and t h e F ifeshire coast, and about 30 men were left on b oar d to pur i fy and fumigate the ship, Toe crew were specially inspected by the medical officers, and thos e Who did not show satisfactory marks of vaccination were subjected to the operation. The health of the men on shore has been excellent, and the ordinary sick list has daily been di minishing until it has been reduced n ot only below the average, but almost to a blank rettirlio The steps takes hate not only put a Stop to what threatened io be a severe o utbreak of epidemic disease, but greatly improved the general health of the crew. On the re-embaroation of the men, an d after the netiessery pre- Paration hare been made for sailing, the Racoon will leave the proceed to Firth of Forth and 14 Yen in Norway, wh ere will rejoin his ship: Prince Alfred, who has meantim IP e g one out in the Au rora , • In order to encourage the _mechanics and other hands employed on the Achilles, 20, 6,121 tons, 1,250 horse power, fitting for sea at Chatham, to lUSe every possible exertion in interne. fitment hastening forward the aof that frigate, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., superinteftdent of the dockyard, has issued a minute to the officers and e, :•atkinen direCtifig that be used every possible exertion may ; and stating that it will afford hint great pleasure to bring under th e specie,' notice of the Nerds of the Admiralty ank of the 4. °metals or work men who may distinguish ladfs b y extraordinary steal or exertiong on board the iron aie in bothpleting her for sea. A special order has also bee n receiv e d f r b m the Admiralty . directing that additional gan gs of w or k men and mechanic* are to be placed on the Achilles, who are to be employed until 9 p, m: each evening'44 further orders. No elertibni ate to lie Spired to complete the Aohillea, for sea by the end of the present moutli, rititittlisiaid ing the extraordinary efforts which are now being made at Chatham to get the Achilles out of hand, i t i s probable that Seine hOnsiderable time *ill elapse af ter her Qom l otion speciallybefore her guns, w hi c h a re now `ma nfacttired for her at the Royal gun factory, re ar ceived ate rea y to be put o n b oard, tiers C According to existing archath am—which, however;'however;'ate liable to important alterationsthe Achilles will be armed eiclUsivielk vtith then! eriew 100- pounder smooth bore wrought iron gun, throwing I_V 'lto' shot, with a minimum charge of powder of 25_0c. 8 1 h 1 The Minotaur, iron frigate, now fitting in the Victorial9 , will carry a b at t ery guns, in addition of 22 of the same description of , to which, be furnished with four 0 the 300-pounder however, she will Armstrong grins. It is not yet decided whether the Achilles will tarty any of the 300-Igoa..urnished to her beforendm 8, but it is prob a bl e b e i that a couple of those guns will from gillbank, f or the purpose she proceeds on active serviCe• Ch O a n th T am hu , brsydeaxyparenssutr:acirno,us par ty of convi c t s arrived at of being employed on the works for the extension of Chatham Dockyard and the formation of the new docks and basins, on which about 1,000 convicts are daily e tu . ployed. They were conveyed from the railway station at Stroud to St. Mary's Prison in a number of omnibuses and vans, in charg e o f sever al warders. The following appointments have b e en made at the Ad miralty :—Capt. J. P. L u ce, to the Esk, vice Hamilt on — Commander W. H. Fenwick, to the Harrier, vice Hay— Commander Edward Field, from the Trincomalee to the Doodulus, vice Fenwick—Sub-Lieut. Chas. J. Scholefield and Sub.-Lieut. Edward S. Evans, to the Curaooa—the Rev R. N. Jackson, Chaplain and Naval Instructor, to the Challenger—Frank Buckley, Naval Instructor, additional, to the Victory—Dr James Henry, surgeon, to the Aboukir —and W. E:O'Brien, surgeon, to the Wasp_Commander W. J. Pollard to the' Trincomalee, vice Field—Lieut. Albert Dent, to the Curacoa—Lieut. Henry F. Crohau, to Open every Evening. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. THIS EVENING, Will be produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted, entitled THE TEILCEN LENA RY ; or,a NIGHT WITH SHAKSPERE, written expresslyby W. F. Vander yell. Esq.. in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear. ALSO, YtilNUn DLOC1301s1; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passine and repassing through the Biagio Fountain, ts so comp m lete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."-ornlng Star, Feb, 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Powcr, Mr. T. Maclagan, G. W. Jester, &e &o A dmission—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, le. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker -street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken from the original phot , graph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, ARE OPEN EVERY EVENING. Latest dance music, from the immense repertoire of these world-known rooms, and performed by the unrivalled band, 40 in number. Ben Lomond Valse by L. Hosea. Doors Open at Halt-past 8, commence at 0. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. VINTAGE WINE COMPANY, Importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury-street, London, Four Doors South of New Oxford-street. The Vintage Comida Sherry, Golden The Vintage Xeres Ditto, Pale ........ 20s. „ The Vintage Port, No. 1 ....................... . 20s. „ The Vintage Port, No. 1. ....... .............. 245. , The Vintage Port, No. 5, fine rich old .......... 355. The Vintage Claret ..... ........ 13s. „ The Vintage Beaujolais, recommended 168. The Vintage Champagne, quarts pints 9/ The Vintage Hock, sparkling, very choice 36s . The Vintage Burgundy, sparkling superb 4os. The Vintage East India Sherry. 64s. The Vintage A montillado, thechoicest imported 565. Fine old Cognac, Liquers, Spirits, ko. THE VINTAGE ALMANACK, with price list and Medical and clerical testimonials,' sent post free. See SOD opinions of the press. 14, Bloomsbury-street, N.W. I IODGES ) Secretary, CLOTHES -WRINGERS an d ST ARCHERS, 12s. 6d., with Et)ha India rubber rol'ers. Other sizes at 205., 305., and 40s. WASHING MACHINES, 50s and 608. ; Mang , es, 305., 405., 50s. Carriage pAid.=-City Depot, 81, Bishopsgate-street Within, London: ITOrkls, Bromley, E. TE E T H..-- IMPnOVED IYIECHANICAt DENTlSTRY.—Professional ahilitleil and great artistic skill have been most successfully ceinbined In the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH upon a new principle. The real value of the perfectieb. of the art of D en ti s t ry will be experi enced by all Wishing to avail thems e l ves of professional a ssistance by cznsulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell. street, ll loomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable,. convenient contrivances by artificial and which are so pef tectly efficient. IMPORTANT INFORMAIVON. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S PRIEND 18 confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of es-try description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, ft Sold in pots, ls, lid., 2s. 9d., i Is., and 225. each. Also his PILULE ANTISCROPITULA, confirmed by sixty years' enerience to be one kit the beat alterative medicines ever offered to the b abbe. They form a mild an d super i or Family Aperient, tha t may be taken at all times without confum mlls.a, and 228. e et Or changeach. of diet. Sold in boxe s , Is: lid. , 25. 9d:; 48. 6d., Solis wholesale by the prii3rieiOrs, Beach and Barnlcott, Bridport, by the Ltinoon houses, and retail by all respectable Medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies. IeIQUT SPECIFIC A.) An Effectual an SlieedY,Rbilledk for the 4out, Men- Matiiiv i Sbatioa, Luinbago, a nd.; s Teural,,,,,cria. Thia invaluable Ateilleihe is Si pre-'etninently.allcacious h l to a dlitlit Of nO parallel. , Inatance:have.been known;whiah Sufferers,have ;clnAbeen ncnAned N their lipartinenth, hand and foot, writhing ei the Mon intense agony, whose sufferings, to the asto nishilient of their friends, have been wholly removed in less than 24hours after taking the above medicine, and theme Oyes rendered ab'e to resu me their avocations, indeed, the eves has been such, and brought about in so hartziless and speetlY a manner, that the proprietor, With the utmost confidence, challenges the medical world to Trodttele a niedigne equal to ft. To the constitution it is harmless; to the fluids of the human frame it adds an a4reeable impetus ; to the systetti gener illy it is invigorating to a degree unparalleled ; and male or female may take it to equal advantage. A dose of the above medicine taken about once a month operates most effectually in preventing a return of the complain,. Pri . e ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. l'repared only by th e Proprietor, R Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent -garden, London. Wholesale London agents—Barclay and Son, 95, Parringdon-street ; Butler aLd Crisps, 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard; Cleaver, 63, Oxford -street; Dart, 150 , Oxford-street, f;roSmantgheer'rnanufactory on re- A 3o, s S am ou p t i l l o e n f - o s r t Southampton - street , ed Strandfree ceipt of 40 stamps. e u l' b m o p t tt D R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. 'cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and iiver tximplaints, in,ii g „ti nn, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual Costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boirekls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green Paokage, with 1 , William Lambert," engraved on the atampg RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT EASTERN. The directors of this company have just issued their re port for the past half-year, from which it appears that the total receipts to the 30th of .Tune amounted to £778,280, against £720,249, showing an increase of £58,031 over the corresponding period of last year. The total expenditure amounted to £392,970 against £352,772 for the correspond ing half of 1863, showing an increase of £40,147, chiefly arising from the large amount expended for the improve ment of the property, the charge for maintenance of way and works and locomotive renewals alone being nearly £29,000 in excess of the outlay on these heads for the corre sponding,' period of 1863. The revenue account for the half year ending the 30th of June shows that the receipts from traffic and other sources amounted to £778,281, the working expenses, including rates and taxes and Government duty, to £392,970, leaving a balance of £385,311. From this is de ducted £330,186 for interest on loans, rents, and other prefe rence charges, leaving a balance of £55,125. Although the expenditure for the past half-year includes an extraordinary outlay on renewal of plant, &e., exceeds the expenditure of the corresponding half-yeat Of 1863 by £40,197, there , is still a balance of £52,657 available for dividend for the half year ending the 30th of June last. Tho directors have thought it right to declare at came a dividend for the half year at the rate of 1i per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, amounting to £52,097, leaving a balance of £560 to be carried forward to the next account. The reason for adopting this course has been that unless the dividend were now declared and paid it would not be com petent for the directors to declare any dividend until the completion of the various new lines authorised in the sessions of 1861 and 1862, but which lines, it is fully hoped, will be completed before the period for declaring a further dividend, The directors propose that the meeting on the 20th inst. shall be adjourned till the 11th of August, by which time they will be in a position to give a full report of their Par liamentary proceedings and of the general situation of the company's affairs. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE. At a meeting of the Board of directors of this company held yesterday it was decided to recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 2! per cent. per annum for the past half year, carrying over a balance of about £l,OOO. - WE S r FLANDERS. The report of the directors states that they have sum moned the shareholders in order to obtain their approval of a cOnVention Made provisionally with the Societe Anonyme de Construction de Tubize. At the last half yearly general meeting the directors informed the shareholders of the mo tives which led them to solicit the concession of two new lines, in order to develops the traffic) and to counteract the effects of the competing line from Ostend to Ypres and Armentieres. The concessions were approved. The direc tors subsequently ordered the surveys, plans, and estimates to be proceeded with, and during their preparation over tures were made to them by the Societe Anonyme de Con struction de Tubize to lease the whole of this company's lines, including the new lines, to construct the latter, to pay the interest upon the capital, and supply the necessary sums for the gradual reimbursement of this capital. The principal features of the conventions are :—That the West Flanders lines shall be leased to the Tubize Company from let Jan., 1865, for the whole duration of theooncession, and for a rent of £36,000 per annum. During the first six years. how ever (which will be the least productive, owing to the fact that the new lines have to be constructed), the rent will only be £32,000 for the first three years, £33,000 for the fourth, and £34,000 for the fifth and sixth years. The Tubize Company become responsible towards the Govern ments of Belgium and France, in lieu of the West Flanders Company, for the execution of the obligations imposed upon the latter by the original contracts of the conces sions. The advantages of the convention are clearly shown by the following figures :—ln the year 1362 the sum available for dividend was £11,967, after discharg ing the ordinary cost of working and the payment of interest on the loan and the prefereneeshares. This enabled the directors to pay a dividend of Eis 9d on the ordinary shares. The corresponding amount of £13,266 in 1803 would again hare allowed the same dividend, had it not been for the circumstances explained at the last general meeting. The rent for the first three years Of the hags, after deducting the expenses for management, estimated at about £3,000 per annum, and the above-mentioned charges, will leaife a slim of about £14,750 applicable to dividend. This sum will be augmented by £l,OOO for the 4th year of the lease, £2,000 for the fifth and sixth years, and £4,000 for the seventh and following years. The agfeement was ratified on the 10th of June by the Conseil General of the Tubize Com pany, and is definitively binding on them ; but, before it can take effect, it must receive the approbation of the Bel gian Government, which the directors have every reason to believe will be readily obtained. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. KanwayS. .. . 1864. 1863. 1864. 1863. 4 4 Belfast and N. Counties . 186 136 2,6(9 2.264 Belfast and County Down.... 49 19 1,013 868 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,113 1,870 Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 6,885 6,948 Caledonian 252 234} 18,801 16,211 Cockerviov.th ,It, Workington B} 84 - - Cork and Bandon . . . ..;;;;;;.: , 20 20 407 371 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage - - Cork and Youghal Cornwall 654 53 1,720 1,4 31 Deeside l7 17 45J 859 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,451 1.436 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,915 1,948 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Weald 9l} 484 8,818 2,793 Edinburgh and Glasgow.., 173 173 8,115 8.263 Furness, &c 5O bu 3,230 3,041 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E. Union_ 663 663 35,198 32,545 Great Northern 353 351 33,800 23 , 189 Great North of Scotland 5B 68 1,760 1.902 (it. Northt. & Westn. (1re1.)., 71 714 421 4 8 0 l it.Southn. & Westn:(lrind.) 3734 329 9,193 8,806 Great Western 10564 10564 67,571 63.294 Inverness &Aberdeen Juno BO4 864 1,362 1,485 Inverness & Perth Janction 119} - 1,949 - Irish NottlFWestern 145 145 1,589 1,783 Lancashire& Yorkshire , 402 395 43,650 38,430 Limerick and Ennis..., , : 2O 2 221 179 Limerick and Foynes 261 26 163 296 Llanelly 464 461 653 737 London & North-Western.., 12291 1204} 110,339 101,519 London and Blatkwall 1 2,117 2,201 London & South-WeStO.,rn ~; 4 5 10 444 28,2 9 25,924 Lond. Brighton, Is B. Coast 261 2504 20,763 21,293 London, Chatham, & Dover 72 7?} 7,697 5 843 Do. Metropolitan Extension 1 1 4 10 1 2,250 1,300 Man. , Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jdll.& Altrincham 9} 9} 1,519 1,446 Maryport and Carliflle 4, • 2B 28 1,545 1.318 Metropolitan - . 44 34 2,575 2,013 Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 641 630 45,t64 43,083 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irina... 262 2694 4,438 4,950 Monkland 714 714 1,760 1.411 MonMOuthah. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,620 2,358 North BiltiSh; Edin.; Perth and Dundee ...a ,••• • • - • 1 420 4104 N-Eastern and Stock. & Dar 1098 10794 North London 9 9 forth Staffordshire 254 214 Oswestry and Newton.. Rhyrnney. -.....- 194 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 Scottish Centre -..-.,. 94 Scottish North-Eastern - • • 198 Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon -... 751 South-Eastern....-..- ..... 306 Taff Vale ....... -... 57 VlSter .. • • ...... 1051 Ve.113 Of Chityd.:.......... lO Vale of Negth. ‘....;:;:rs ..... 434 Waterford and linketink Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL 52 W'll. aven,Cleatorok Egrmnt lO Whiteliaven J =MM. Whitehaven &Furness:Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONISE: Antwerp and Rotterdam 62 Austrian .. ....••• 828 Bahia and San Francisco .... 76 1 Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2 Bombay ; Baroda, & Cen. India 185 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 653 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras 417 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 650 Northern of Canada Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman . 48} Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.... 1805 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 774 Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian 165 Suicide Southern of France ..•.-- 770 Victorian 196 Welland West Flanders 75 W. and N.W. of France 14,592 13,471 59,366 64,148 3,596 3,368 9,689 8.u46 1,183 1,093 987 779 138 39i 761 806 5,798 5,106 6,680 5,616 813 434 8,888 3,916 25;513 24,766 5,091 6,778 2,745 2.538 225 219 zB3l 2,( 1 58 458 3 1,990 1,250 ,779 73t tgz2 4,419 770 693 1,083 875 , 1,001 841 1051 10 30,421 30,310 877 3n 800 3,177 2,296 2,013 2,296 4,848 3,183 5,539 5,133 63,170 55,817 24,593 19,625 20,052 16J)5'd 12,325 9,570 4,512 4,653 '526 . 592 9,347 9,122 5,(195 4,229 21,399 18,552 48} 370 360 1713 12),537 124,315 1494 G 4,550 56,53 u 69 6,794 3,077 68 - 1474 52,593 51,229 105 680 26,935 23,106 196 10,813 11,428 25 317 75 1,392 1,210 813 42,641 42,302 As Marshal Niel was two days ago taking a drive in his phaeton at Toulouse, one of the horses fell, and the shock threw the marshal out of the carriage and broke one of his ribs. The accident, however, is not expected to be attended with any serious consequences. PRICE.-...4d. STAMPED ....sd. The Report of the Education Inspectors, The following is the Report from the Select Com mittee on Education (Inspectors' Reports) : " The original instructions which the Committee of Council issued to the inspectors in August, 1840, so far as regards the reports, were in the following terms : " ' The reports of the inspectors are intended to convey such further information respecting the state of elementary education in Great Britain as to enable Parliament to determine in what mode the sum voted for the education of the poorer classes can be most usefully applied. " With this view reports on the state of partia cular districts may be required to ascertain the state of education in such districts, and how far the interference of Government or of Parliament can be beneficially exerted by providing additional means of education. Your reports will be made to the Committee, but it is intended that that they shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament.' Various additions to the above instructions have been issued from time to time, which appear in the Appendix, " The reports are of two kinds—annual or general reports and separate reports on the schools inspected. Both these kinds of reports were at first printed and laid before Parliament at full length. But, as the number of inspected schools increased, and the sys tem of annual grants was developed, the latter kind of reports, commonly called tabulated reports, be came so bulky that on the ground of expense and their limited use, the Treasury objected to their being printed. The printing was discontinued in 1858, re sumed in 1859 for sale only, and finally stopped in 1861. In 1858 the practice was introduced of send ing to the managers of each school a manuscript copy of the report relating to the school at full length, with such observations as the department thought right to add. This practice with reference to the tabulated reports was afterwards altered ; the inspectors were required to make a summary of their reports, and the summary only was sent to the managers. It occasionally happened that the summary did not, in the judgment of the depart ment, accord with the report itself, considered with reference to the regulations under which the grants of money were made. In these cases, the summary was either altered by the inspector at the sugges tion of the department, or the requisite alteration was submitted to the inspector, and on his assent substituted for the original. These alterations ap pear to have been generally accepted by the inspec tors, but in the case of Mr. J. R. Morell, who ob jected to the proposed alteration, one report was ultimately sent to the managers as originally pre pared by the inspector, and another was altogether suppressed. The practice, however, does not seem to have been perfectly uniform. In matters sup posed to be unimportant or perfectly clear from doubt alterations have been made in the summary without consulting the inspectors. (See Mr. Lin gen's evidence.) " Your Committee mention here a case which occurred in 1863 of a report made under section 19 of the Act 24th and 25th Victoria, cap. 107, com monly called the' Scotch Schoolmasters' Act,' In this special case the report appears to have been abridged by a mistake of the officer before whom the case came in the usual course, which mistake was afterwards corrected by the secretary, who or dered the report to be sent to the heritors in its original shape. "Your Committee pass from the tabulated reports to the more important subject of the annual reports. " The length of these reports also was a frequent subject of complaint, and instructions for the pur pose of keeping them within due limits were issued from time to time by the Committee of Council. These instructions were discussed in Parliament in 1858 ' In 18G0, in consequence of a report having been printed containing remarks on the comparative morality of Itlman Catholic and Protestant countries the attention of Mr. Lowe, who had been appointed Vice-President in the previous year, was called to the subject. The instructions by which the inspec tors' reports were regulated were then thoroughly reviewed. The result was the following Minute of the Committee of Council, dated the 31st January, 1861 : " Their lordships having considered the instruc tions issued from time to time to her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools for the preparation of their annual reports, find the sum of those instructions to be that the inspectors must confine themselves to the state of the schools under their inspection, and to practical suggestions for their improvement. If any report, in the judgment of their lordships, does not conform to this standard, it is to be returned to the inspector for revision ; and if, on its being again received from him it appears to be open to the ob jection, it is to be put aside as a document not proper to be printed at the public expense.' This minute was never formally laid before Parliament, being considered to be only explana tory of the purport of the instructions previously issued. It was, however, incidentally mentioned and discussed in the House on more than one occasion. "The revision, which before 1858 was principally for the purpose of condensation, was from that time carried into effect in the following manner :—The secretary, considering that the Committee of Council were responsible for the exclusion of irrelevent and objectionable matter from the reports, directed the officer whose duty it was to read for the press to examine the reports with increased care. " This officer used to call the secretary's attention to passages which he considered objectionable, either by marking them or mentioning them orally, If the secretary thought the objection invalid or unim portant he overruled it, but if he thought it impor• tant he Bent the report to the Vice-President, with the reader's marks, and with observations of his own if he thought any necessary. " Mr Adderley, while he was Vice-President, used to read the manuscript reports himself, and to strike out with his own hand those passages which he thought inadmissible. The inspectors, on re ceiving back their manuscripts with the proof, had an opportunity of seeing what had been objected to and of correcting the proof accordingly. "Mr Lowe, on his appointment in 1859, discon tinued the practice of striking ont passages, and afterwards, under the Minute of 1861, ordered the reports containing objectionable matter to be sent back to the inspectors, that the inspectors might themselves revise their own reports, and make them conformable to the instructions. "But the practice of marking the passages con tinued without Mr Lowe's knowledge, whose con stant habit was to have the reports read to him by his private secretary, and not to see them himself. In 1862, however, Mr Lowe accidently became aware of the continuance of that practice, and im mediately, by a note of his private secretary, dated February 14, 1862, ordered that the reports should be no longer marked. " Since that time the practice of marking pas sages has been discontinued, and the manuscript re ports objected to have been sent to the inspectors , the Minute a letter calling the w r iter's attention to Minute of 1861, but without specifying any P a ste sage or matter to which objection vvas taken. In August, 1863, th e usua l circular letter of instruc tion to the inspectors to m ake their a n nual re ports contained an additional para graph, in the follow ing words :—' By the term s tate of school s un d er your inspection " you w ill understand f acts ob served within the circ le of y our official experience, yo u will understand " suggestions and by the term s , practical suggestions for th e i r improvement," consistent with theprinciPles of Alinutes sanctioned b y Parliament." — T his explanation of the Minute of 1861 has not been laid before Parliament. y o ur committee believe that no instance of mark ing the reports has occurred since the 14th of Feb, e•-•- ruary, 1862, except that of Mr. Longueville Jones's report for the year ' 862.3. That report was brought specially under the notice of the Lord President, on account of its infringing the Minute of 1861 in a peculiar manner. The secretary seems to have marked eertain passages in pencil for the Lord Pre sident's attention; and the report thus marked, with remarks endorsed upon it by Lord Granville him. self, was sent back to Mr. L. Jones. "The evidence laid before your committee is to the effect that the Committee of Council considered Mr. Jones's report to have been written with a feel ing of hostility to the department under which he served, and that in consequence it was dealt with, not in accordance with the ordinary practice of the office, but as an exceptional case. Mr. Jones was partially examint.d, bat, before his examination could be resumed, 11,-? was attacked by so serious an illness that it was impossible for him to appear again to make any reply to the evidence adduced against him. Your Committee wtrci thus precluded from proceeding wiAi the investigation of this case. "Your Committee must now advert to the resom lotion passed by your Honourable House on the ' 12th of April J es t, affirming that, In th e o pi n i o n of this House the mutilation of the it:ports of her Majesty's inspectors of schools, and the exclusion from them of statements and opteions adverse to the educational views entertained by the Committee of Council, while matter favourable to them is ad mitted, are violations of the understanding under which the appointment of the inspectors was origi. nally sanctioned by Parliament, and tend entirely to destroy the value of their reports.' "By whatever term any alteration of the reports described, it is clear that the alterations when made since January, 1861, were made by the inspectors themselves, on receiving back their reports, with the intimation that they were not in confor mity with the minute of that date. If any Inspector declined to make his report conformable to the minute the report was not printed. It is also clear that passages considered to be objectionable were, through inadvertence or mistake, marked in some reports after the date of the minute of 1861, and contrary to its intention, until the practice of mark, ing passages was finally stopped by the vice-pre sident's order of the 14th February, 1862. "During the debate on the motion proposing the above resolution the house was not informed of the fact that some passages had been marked between January, 1861, and February, 1862, and that all marking was stopped from the latter date; this want of information was the cause of a double misunderstanding, under which, on the one side, the motion was pressed by its supporters upon the House and was carried, notwithstanding the statement then made by the Vice-President ; while on the other side the resolution so passed was con. sidered by the Vice-President to be reflection on his personal honour. " The principle involved in the subject of this in quiry and in the resolution is important. Your committee have carefully considered the action of the Department, and have come to the conclusion that the supervision exercised in objecting to the insertion of irrelevant matter, of mere dissertation, and of controversial argument, is consistent with the powers of the Committee of Council, and has, on the whole, been exercised fairly, and without excessive strictness. If passages occur in the reports, as printed, consisting of inference or arguments which may tend to support the educational view of the Department, other passages may be found which have a contrary tendency. No objection is made to statements of facts observed by the inspectors with in the circle of their official experience, whatever may be their bearing on the policy of the Committee of Council. " The knowledge, or even a reasonable suspicion, that the inspectors' reports are subject to alteration, either directly or indirectly, at the instance cf the Department, has, without doubt, a tendency to lower their value, if they are to be regarded as indepen. dent sources of testimony in matters of opinion or controversy touching the educational views or policy of the Committee of Council. It appears, however, to your committee that, whatever may have been the understanding under which the appointment of inspectors was originally sanctioned, Parliament cannot be presumed to be ignorant (since the year 1858 at latest), that the heads of the office have exer. cised a censorship over the inspectors' reports as to the insertion of argumentative or irrelevant matter; and your committee aro of opinion that some such power is essential to the effectual working of the department so long as it retains its present conetis. Union and functions. " It has occurred to your Committee that it might be possible to obtain all the information which the inspectors can be desired to give to the department or to Parliament, by requiring them to furnish answers to specific questions, instead of making general reports, and thus to avoid risk of misunder• standing, either between the Department and the inspectors, or between the Department and Parlia. went, as to the kind of information which the in. spectors are required to give. It appears, however, that none of the reports for the last year have been objected to on the ground of non-conformity with the Minute of 1861, as explained by the paragraph of August, 1863. For the information of Parlia ment your Committee recommend that all instrnos tions which may hereafter from time to time be issued to the inspectors, either as to their general or tabulated reports, should be laid before Parliament with the annual report of the Committee of Council. " Note.—The reports withheld, under the Minute of 1861, are seven in number. Ten reports in all have been sent back to the inspectors under the Minute, and have been. returned to the office with alterations, and so printed. Such of the withheld and altered reports as could be obtained in their original shape are printed in the Appendices; the others have been destroyed. Some passages which have been objected to as adverse to the policy of the department are given in the evidence. References are given in the Appendix (K) to other passages which may be considered adverse to the policy of the department, and have not been objected to," Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton.. July 19. via Marseilles Aug. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4. d Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 29. , China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 28. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 29. via Marseilles July 28 ' India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Jaly 21. Portuga1.... July 10. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .1. 11 ,_ 2 1. 20. Newfoundland .............. . Marseilles ............. • .. .. 1u1 ; Oporto and Vigo ............... . .. 1 .... 20. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.: by U.S. p acke eket.July 22. by Canadian Pa All parts of West Indies, including Chili, .......... 1 July 20. California, and British Columbia. ...• A return M acao, i a i in c ..,,, —PERNAMBUco Juno MURDER ON THE 0...". . London st T R E s 1 29.—The Gustave MD: here 26th June, captain mu rdered by second mate. Mur. derer to be sent home. f I:EA FALSE WEIGHTS of published yester day the number of persons who been co nvicted in the parish of S t. P ancras, Middlesex, daring the year ending the 25th of March last, of using false weights and measures. The tr a d es were -7 cheese mongers, 2 pork-butchers, 4 butchers, 7 coal dealers, 1 toba ccon i s t, 6 greengrocers, 3 bakers, 3 oilmen, 6 marine store dealers, 8 grocers, 1 stove dealer, 1 licensed victualler, and 2 persons keeping chandler's shops. The highest fins was 20s, the majority 2s 6d. In some cases only 2s 6d was inflicted for a second offence, and 10s for a third offence. In one case a baker was fined for placing a penny piece on the scale ) and a grocer for having a paper weight under the scale, and a marine-store dealer for having a large lump of lead in the scale which was removable. The returns do not give the names of the guilty parties. NEW ZEALAND VIA PANAMA.— Since the repudia . _ • tion of the Panama contract by the Ministry, the subject has been freely ventilated in all the provinces. Canterbury has taken the lead in a movement to guarantee to the In ternational Royal Mail Company the s ubsidy if they will carry on the contract, and it is understood that this pro vince, as well as Nelson, will join in the guarantee, The desirableness of communication via Panama is not ques tioned, and by some means or other we hope to see it accomplished. Repudiation of any contract entered into by our representative —even though he may have exceeded him powers—will only cause our credit to fall in the estimation of English capitalists, and with the exception of Auckland and Otago, and a small section of the community here, the colony was in favour of the undertaking,